Chrissy Jaeger- outside source

Primal Religion Motivation

There are many characteristics to primal religion. The problem of evil and suffering usually seems to motivate all other aspects of religion. I find this interesting on a holistic view of primal religion because evil is almost always present in some form. This may be because of the common understanding of the unity of the spiritual and physical realm, and or because of a lack of scientific explanation, this topic is inspired by The Triumph of Christ in African Religion.
The unity of the spiritual and physical realm, also understood as the invisible and visible world is very evident in primal culture. This concept feeds the belief of evil being the cause of suffering. If there is no distinction between the visible and invisible the invisible can have just as much influence on the visible world as the visible has on itself. Not only has that but the invisible/spiritual usually implied a power unknown to the visible/physical. So, because there is a belief in this unity there is a belief that the spiritual ‘power’ affects their everyday life either negatively or positively.
Also, the absence of scientific reasoning may be an explanation of why evil seems to be so apparent to primal religions. Today in a literate society, science explains suffering as disease through living entities that can be killed by medicine. In primal the suffering is only seen as suffering but must have a cause and if the spiritual is directly connected to the physical the spiritual is to blame. That being evil.
Therefore, it is perhaps the combination of a belief in the unity of the spiritual and physical realms and the lack of scientific explanation that causes primal religions to be motivated by evil and suffering.